Article | By Natan Zamansky | April 7, 2025
Last Chance: Schedule of Upcoming Broadway and Off-Broadway Show Closings
What shows are about to close in New York City?
Article | By Natan Zamansky | March 27, 2025
What Shows Are Newly Available For Licensing?
Is your local school or theatre trying to decide what show to produce next? Check out what titles have recently been released for licensing!
Article | By Diep Tran | February 5, 2025
How Writer Kate Trefry Took Netflix's Stranger Things From Screen to Stage
The series' executive producer had never written a play before Stranger Things: The First Shadow. Here's how she brought the human drama, and Mind Flayer, to the stage.
Article | By Molly Higgins | January 29, 2025
Brandon Gill and Brandon Micheal Hall to Lead Topdog/Underdog at Pasadena Playhouse
Gregg T. Daniel is directing Suzan-Lori Parks' Pulitzer-winning play.
Article | By Molly Higgins | January 15, 2025
Casting Complete for The Old Globe's Empty Ride
Sivan Battat is directing Keiko Green's world-premiere play.
Article | By Natan Zamansky | January 15, 2025
Updates on Current and Upcoming National Tours
A look at the touring musicals and plays that may soon be coming to a city near you.
Article | By Logan Culwell-Block | January 7, 2025
Gordon Greenberg's Ghost Tour Getting Private Industry Reading in NYC
Adam Kantor is performing the solo comedy, centered around a tour guide at a haunted theatre in the most terrifying of places—Florida.
Article | By Diep Tran | January 3, 2025
The powerhouse vocalist can be seen one night a week on Broadway at the St. James Theatre.
Article | By Playbill Staff | December 24, 2024
Playbill Staff Favorite Shows of 2024
From reimagined revivals, to adventurous new musicals, to memorable mothers, here are 15 theatre productions we loved this year.
Article | By Dylan Parent | December 9, 2024
PLAYBILLDER Spotlight: The Most Accepting Students Are Part of Fright Fest
Students in Wausau, Wisconsin are tackling physical comedy in plays by one of the most-produced playwrights in American schools.
Article | By Diep Tran | November 26, 2024
In We Are Your Robots, Ethan Lipton Duets With a Roomba
The composer on his Off-Broadway musical about A.I., plus how he got permission to do a Skin of Our Teeth musical.
Article | By Margaret Hall | October 30, 2024
From Pepper’s Ghost to Digital Projections: How Theatre Creates Ghosts On Stage
As Hamlet and McNeal make clear, there’s a variety of techniques for depicting the spectral.
Article | By Margaret Hall | October 9, 2024
How Two Funerals and The Andrews Sisters Inspired Jez Butterworth to Write The Hills of California
Butterworth and director Sam Mendes reunite on the new family drama, which grapples with grief in many forms.
Article | By Margaret Hall | September 25, 2024
Photos: See Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors at The Old Globe
The Monty Python-style send-up of the Bram Stoker classic previously haunted New World Stages.
Article | By Margaret Hall | September 25, 2024
Reviews: Were Critics Haunted by The Ghost of John McCain Off-Broadway?
Zonya Love, Jason Tam, Ben Fankhauser, and more lead the new, irreverent political musical.
Article | By Andrew Gans | September 20, 2024
For Oh, Mary! Star Bianca Leigh, A Scarcity of Roles Made Her Realize She's a 'Lifer'
The artist is part of the cast that is currently bringing audiences to nightly fits of laughter at Broadway's Lyceum.
Article | By Andrew Gans | September 19, 2024
West End Revival of Waiting for Godot, Starring Lucian Msamati and Ben Whishaw, Opens September 19
Get a first look at the new revival, playing the Theatre Royal Haymarket under the direction of James Macdonald.
Article | By Logan Culwell-Block | August 27, 2024
Felicia Curry, Jackie Hoffman, More Join Watcher in the Woods Showcase Production
The new musical from Douglas Thompson and Johanna Telander presented industry readings in NYC earlier this year.
Article | By Andrew Gans | August 19, 2024
Cast Complete for West End Revival of Waiting for Godot, Starring Lucian Msamati and Ben Whishaw
The limited engagement will play the Theatre Royal Haymarket under the direction of James Macdonald.
Article | By Margaret Hall | August 16, 2024
Playbill Pick Review: Laura Davis' Albatross at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
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